Bethel A M E Church

The community around Bethel A M E Church

It takes 4.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Child Poverty: 58.7% (40.3–77.2%)
• Obesity: 50.2%
• Food Insecurity: 37.2%
• Poverty Rate: 35.8% (26.0–45.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
• Diabetes: 23.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (8.2–15.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethel A M E Church

• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Olive M. B. Church — 0.3 mi away
• Walk of Faith Covenant Church — 0.4 mi away
• Lampton Street Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
• St Mark Church of God — 0.8 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 1.3 mi away
• Pilgrims Rest Church — 1.6 mi away
• Zion Church — 2.4 mi away
• Wander Home Church — 2.6 mi away
• Bright Star Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Merigold, MS